"Leave," says Mom firmly. Relief floods out of me. Alyssa springs up. "Fine," she says her snake like eyes still locked on Mom. "Mark my words," whispers Alyssa, "there will be a war." Then she storms out of there without looking back.
"We need to get them to district two now," Mom tells Dad. Mom takes our arms and runs to the train station. We get on the train and take our seats. "Listen," says Mom, "this train stops in districts ten, eight, six, and four before it arrives in two tonight." "So what do we do in the meantime?" I ask. "We wait."
I lean my head on the window in watch the trees zip by so all you see is blobs of green. Soon enough I see a sign that says "Welcome to District 11!" and I look at the fields of corn. When we get to district ten the same sign is there with a 10 instead of an 11. I watch people herd cattle and I eventually drift off into a deep sleep.
When I wake up we've already stopped in district eight but for some reason the brakes of the trains screech and we stop moving. Everyone looks around the aisle curiously and someone comes over the speakers. "It seems we've had some difficulties with the train but we should be moving soon," says the loud feminine voice.
Everyone settles down except for Mom who still looks worried. "Honey, are you all right?" asks Dad taking her hand. "I have a bad feeling about this," says Mom barely moving her lips. Just then the train takes off at its usual pace. "See," says Dad, "everything's alright." Mom settles in her seat and I go back to resting my head on the window again.
I'm just about to fall asleep again when something catches my eye. Something falls from the sky and glistens in the light. As it moves closer I can see that it's silver and round. It lands on top of the car in front of us but before I have time to tell anyone it explodes and the whole car bursts into flames.